LibGuides: English as a Second Language (ESL): Home

A few suggested titles

The following titles are available at the MCC Library. Click on each title for more information.

Search also for catalog items by searching ESL. ALSO try this search in our catalog: search for the phrase "BILINGUAL BOOKS"--and be sure to use the quotation marks. For books on bilingualism, search by that term.

English as a Second Language (DVD)
Call Number: PE1128 A2 E545 2005 V. 2 DVD Stacks
GED en Espanol by Jill W. Ortman; Jill Ortman
Call Number: LB3060.33 .G45 O78 2007 RESERVES
(Request at the check-out desk)
Cracking the TOEFL iBT 2012 by Princeton Review Staff
Call Number: PE1128 .P486 2011 RESERVES (Request at check-out desk)

Suggested Websites for ESL

50 Essential Resources for ESL Students
Open Educational Database
Dave's ESL Cafe - Quizzes
ESL and EFL teachers and students from around the world.
EducationUSA
U.S. Department of State
English Interactive
English Language Learning: Listen and Read
ESL Cyber Listening Lab
ESL Fast
ESL Gold
Practice speaking, listening, writing, reading, grammar, vocabulary.
Habla Espanol?
Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students
Starfall
Early literacy for English language learners.
Tutorium in Intensive English (UIC)

Library Catalog

Use the MCC Library Catalog to find out what the Library has on your topic. Enter your search below to get started!

Finding Books

Books are a good place to start your research. The library has books in the Reference collection and Stacks, as well as eBooks. Reference books can be used inside the library. Books in the Stacks can be checked out with your MCC library card. eBooks are available off campus with your myMCC username and login.

Suggested books include:

Foreign Language Dictionaries: Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Cuban, Portuguese
- PA - PC Stacks
Foreign Language Dictionaries: German, Polish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Turkish, Japanese
- PF - PL Stacks
English & American Dictionaries and Thesauri
- REF PE and Stacks
Visual Dictionaries
- REF P361 and Stacks PC PF PL
American Heritage Dictionary for Learners of English
- REF PE1628.A6229
American Idioms Handbook
- PE2839 .B74 2003 Stacks

Reading improvement books in the MCC Library:

Challenger Adult Reading Series (reading lessons)
- LC5225
Jamestown Education Series (series of stories at increasing levels of reading difficulty)
- PE1126
Pre-GED Study Guides
- LB3060.33
Various books and media on learning English
- PE1128